Posts by Hometown Insurance
Jury: Omaha Police Chief Retaliated Against Former Captain
A former Omaha police captain has prevailed in her lawsuit against Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer and the city, having sued over allegations that the chief failed to promote her in retaliation for filing a discrimination complaint. A federal jury …
Read More Dead Oklahoma Inmate Was Suing Over ‘Baby Shark’ Claim
An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, he and other inmates were tortured by jail employees who forced them to repeatedly …
Read More Judge Appoints Mediator in New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Lawsuits
A New Orleans judge has brought in a mediator to try to work out a settlement with hundreds of people who claim damage from collapse of part of a hotel under construction nearly three years ago. Plaintiffs say they were …
Read More Judge Appoints Mediator in Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Lawsuits
A New Orleans judge has brought in a mediator to try to work out a settlement with hundreds of people who claim damage from collapse of part of a hotel under construction nearly three years ago. Plaintiffs say they were …
Read More Google Must Face Most of Texas Lawsuit Over Ad Dominance, Judge Rules
Alphabet Inc’s Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by attorneys general for Texas and 16 other states or territories, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Google won its motion …
Read More NBA Suspends Phoenix Suns Owner Over Racial Slurs, Harassment
The National Basketball Association suspended Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for one year and ordered him to pay $10 million after an investigation found he used racial slurs, sexually harassed female employees and bullied some staff members. The league announced …
Read More Lloyd’s Gives Green Light to Asta-Managed Trium Cyber Syndicate 1322
Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced that Trium Cyber, a new risk carrier backed by Jim Stanard’s Pelican Ventures, has received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s. Trium Cyber Syndicate 1322 expects to write $50 million of gross premiums …
Read More Typhoon Muifa Pounds Eastern China With Strong Gales, Rain
Powerful gales and torrential rains battered Zhoushan in eastern China on Wednesday as Typhoon Muifa made landfall at the port city in what local media called the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the populous Yangtze River Delta in a decade. …
Read More People Moves: Orchid Names Cody CEO, Promotes Bowie, Carlsen
Orchid Underwriters Agency named Kathy Cody CEO. Cody joined Orchid in 2019 as its COO and became president in 2021. She was previously chief operating officer, personal lines for Farmers Insurance Group. She was CFO of Farmers Life and head …
Read More California Mudslides Damage Homes, Carry Away Cars
Rescuers searched for a person missing in a mudslide Tuesday as big yellow tractors plowed through dark, thick sludge and pushed boulders off roads after flash floods swept dirt, rocks and trees down fire-scarred slopes, washed away cars and buried …
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